“The cross is just outside my front door so I look at it every day and it’s a constant reminder that it needs to get fixed. Residents have frequently asked me about it.

“I’m assured by the officer it will be done in February.

“April was mentioned but that is not acceptable as that would make it a year since it was damaged.

“To be fair to officers, the delay has also been down to the fact that we want to expose the base as part of the repair work and give it better protection and English Heritage thought this would be a change to the actual monument.

“But Glossop Heritage Trust has been very supportive and supplied old photographs of the old base. “

Millstone gritstone will replace damaged stonework to match what is already there and an A4-sized brass plaque added.

Coun Parvin added: “The wording hasn’t been decided yet but it will detail how old the cross is.

“When visitors come to Old Glossop they look at the Old Cross so it will be good to inform them and the public about it.

“Me and fellow councillor Chris Webster want something that’s well worth waiting for and I’m sure the repaired Old Cross will fit in with the proposed Old Glossop heritage trail.”

The cross shaft of the monument is believed to date from 1290, when the monks of Basingwerk Abbey, near Holywell, north Wales, were granted a market charter for the town. Henry II had given them the manor of Glossop in 1157.